Education every day?

Education

With so much to learn in the world, there is the challenge of deciding what and where to learn. Education doesn’t have to be strictly formal, like at a university or through an online course. We can learn stuff…

·?????? in meetings

·?????? pair programming

·?????? in code reviews

·?????? having coffee or going to lunch

·?????? reading, writing, teaching

·?????? doing

·?????? listening

Learn something new every day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Knowledge is when you learn something new every day. Wisdom is when you let something go every day.” I found and read this quote for the first time, today. I had previously been unable to attribute the quote in the DDR. I have updated the DDR.

You can’t listen when you’re talking.

Ernest Hemingway said “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” Another quote that Google helped me find today so I can attribute it in the DDR.

There is always someone smarter — find them and learn from them!

Confucius apparently said something along the lines of “If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” I have not been able to attribute my version of the quote, but it aligns well with the saying from Confucius. I think we all hear from a young age that there will always be someone smarter, richer, prettier. This is sometimes an early lesson in humility, and that we should be the best version of ourself, and not worry about how we compare to others.

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Education is much more important than adulation.